Countryman Fairs crew swing into action

For the last week the Countryman Fairs team have set up home in the grounds of Highclere Castle and started building the premier countryside showcase in the south of England, Highclere Country Fair. No other event offers the quality of entertainment, competitions and have-a-go experiences presented to the standards of a Countryman Fair event.

Nine arenas have all been constructed which will host demonstrations from the country’s leading field sports authorities and displays from the UK’s finest entertainers. The Countrywide Kennels Main Arena, the Richa Working Dog Arena, the Honeybrook Falconry Arena, the Hart Gundog Scurries and the Countryman’s Weekly Terrier and Lurcher Arenas all combine to offer visitors with a wide variety of interest’s entertainment throughout the day. Show programmes will be at the ticket gates day with full timetables of all the action on offer in each arena.

The team have recently finished pumping over 10,000 gallons of rain water into our custom built Casting Pool. The Pool offers the perfect opportunity for visitors to learn all about how to fly-fish from the experts at Game Anglers Instructors Association. Next to the GAIA pavilion the Salmon and Trout Association will be on hand with offering advice on all forms of game angling. Throughout the show the Casting Pool also hosts the second qualifying stage of the Carrilon UK Casting Championship, a fast and furious competition which tests all the skills a proficient fly-fishermen need.

Work is underway up on the Clay Shooting Line where Purbeck Shooting School have recently begun their construction of the 60-bird Mitsubishi Motors World Series qualifying course. Highclere Country Fair hosts the second qualifying round of the Mitsubishi Motors World Series and has a reputation for attracting the top shooters from across Europe. At the end of this weekend 5 Professional Class, 5 Open Class, 5 Lady’s Class and 5 Junior Class shooters will all go through to the Grand Final at the Midland Game Fair and in the process win their share of the £70,000 prize fund on offer. One lucky qualifier will be drawn at random to win the second of three Mitsubishi Colt CZ1’s up for grabs this year, each worth £7,499.00LP. Visit the Mitsubishi Motors World Series homepage for more details on why this is the most exciting clay shooting competition in the World and for full details on all the prizes on offer.

Over the next three days 200 exhibitors will start setting up. Once all constructed they will form over 1 mile of retail opportunities including feature areas such as Gunmakers Row, Gamekeepers Row, the Working Dog Village, the Falconry village and the all new Countryman Fairs Food Festival. There is no better opportunity to stock up on a wide variety of products ranging from new and used shotguns, to garden furniture and plants, from new tweed suits to joints of venison and bison meat.

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